Thursday, November 15, 2012

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins and a Dog

Alternate title: You Will Thank Me for Sharing This Recipe With You Muffins…and a Dog.

Here’s what you will need to recreate this post:

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 can pumpkin

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

~3/4 cup vegetable oil (not pictured)

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

dash of salt

chocolate chips to taste (1/4-1/2 bag. Depending on how your pants are fitting.)

A Dog (Very important ingredient)

Step 1: Beat eggs, sugar, pumpkin, vanilla and oil until smooth.

Step 2: Mix dry ingredients together and mix into pumpkin mixture…under close supervision.

Be sure to scrape the sides well. With your favorite spatula.

I was really excited when I got this Pampered Chef spatula for Christmas. I kept telling Nate repeatedly that I could scrape bowls with it. So that is the ongoing joke whenever I break out the Pampered Chef spatula. It’s my favorite. You can scrape bowls with it.

Step 6: Take funny photos of your dog’s mustache while the muffins are baking.

Step 7: Cool. (You can definitely eat these warm but we think they are much better cooled.) Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy!

I’m really glad I discovered pumpkin this year. My life will never be the same.

I’m really glad Ike’s mustache is ridiculous. It makes me smile.

Who’s hungry? Do you have a pet sous chef?

Alternate title: You Will Thank Me for Sharing This Recipe With You Muffins…and a Dog.

Here’s what you will need to recreate this post:

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 can pumpkin

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

~3/4 cup vegetable oil (not pictured)

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

dash of salt

chocolate chips to taste (1/4-1/2 bag. Depending on how your pants are fitting.)

A Dog (Very important ingredient)

Step 1: Beat eggs, sugar, pumpkin, vanilla and oil until smooth.

Step 2: Mix dry ingredients together and mix into pumpkin mixture…under close supervision.

Be sure to scrape the sides well. With your favorite spatula.

I was really excited when I got this Pampered Chef spatula for Christmas. I kept telling Nate repeatedly that I could scrape bowls with it. So that is the ongoing joke whenever I break out the Pampered Chef spatula. It’s my favorite. You can scrape bowls with it.

Well look at you in that cute sweater! Did you put that on over a t-shirt just for us?! :) I'm not a huge, have to have everything pumpkin fan like a lot of people are come fall, but I have to try these! Ike's mustache would make grown men cry of jealousy. That dog has got so much going for him!!! ;)

I definitely think a sous chef dog is key to the overall success of just about any recipe. In our kitchen, our sous chef oversees the general quality of all items being created and plated. When the recipe involves vegetables, much begging occurs and it typically followed by many treats. I can't imagined how many wonderful meals we've had that would have been complete failures without four legged oversight.

I happen to have ALL of these ingredients (dog times two), so I cannot wait to try this out. Another title for your post could be "A muffin for your muffin top" , because that will be the case for me ;)

YUMMM. I just wrote this whole thing out to try asap. purrfect since I'm planning to do a bit of cooking (now baking) as a Thanksgiving-eating guest. After I finished copying this down I saw the recipe for pumpkin COOKIE skillet thingy and now must write that one down asap. Thanks for the recipes!